# raptor
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈɹæptɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æptə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English raptour, from Latin raptor (“kidnapper, thief”).

#### Alternative forms

* raptour (obsolete, rare)

#### Noun

raptor (plural raptors)
* A bird of prey.
* (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.

##### Related terms

* oviraptor
* raptorial

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; clipping of velociraptor, ultimately of the same etymology as above.

#### Noun

raptor (plural raptors)
* (informal, paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.

##### Hyponyms

* utahraptor
* velociraptor

##### Derived terms

* Utahraptor
* utahraptor

##### Related terms

* Velociraptor
* velociraptor

### Further reading

* “raptor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Parrot, parrot

## Latin
### Etymology

From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”) +‎ -tor

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈräpt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈräpt̪or]

### Noun

raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension
* A thief, robber, plunderer.
* An abductor, kidnapper.
    Synonym: rapīnātor

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* raptrīx

#### Related terms

* rapācida
* rapācitās
* rapāx
* rapidē
* rapiditās
* rapidulus
* rapidus
* rapīna
* rapīnātiō
* rapīnātor
* rapiō
* raptim
* raptiō
* raptitō
* raptō
* raptum
* raptus

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: raptor
* → English: raptor
* → Portuguese: raptor
* → Spanish: raptor

### References

* “raptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “raptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* raptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁapˈtoʁ/ [hapˈtoh], /ʁa.piˈtoʁ/ [ha.piˈtoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁapˈtoʁ/ [hapˈtoh], /ʁa.piˈtoʁ/ [ha.piˈtoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁapˈtoɾ/ [hapˈtoɾ], /ʁa.piˈtoɾ/ [ha.piˈtoɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁapˈtoʁ/ [χapˈtoχ], /ʁa.piˈtoʁ/ [χa.piˈtoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁapˈtoɻ/ [hapˈtoɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁaˈptoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁaˈptoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁaˈpto.ɾi/
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: rap‧tor

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin raptor.

#### Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)
* abductor; kidnapper
    Synonym: sequestrador
* bird of prey
    Synonym: ave de rapina

#### Adjective

raptor (feminine raptora, masculine plural raptores, feminine plural raptoras)
* abductive
* (relational) of birds of prey
    Synonym: rapinante

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English raptor

#### Noun

raptor m (plural raptores)
* (informal, paleontology) raptor

### Further reading

* “raptor”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “raptor”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “raptor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “raptor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “raptor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin raptor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rabˈtoɾ/ [raβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: rap‧tor

### Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)
* kidnapper; abductor
    Synonym: secuestrador

### Further reading

* “raptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10